Coleocephalocereus

Coleocephalocereus
Coleocephalocereus aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Cereeae
Genus:	Coleocephalocereus Backeb.
Species
Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus Coleocephalocereus fluminensis Coleocephalocereus goebelianus Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus etc.

Coleocephalocereus is a genus of erect and semi-erect columnar cacti from Brazil. These species develop a cephalium with wool and bristles. They are common to the inselbergs of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, and can comprise a dominant portion of the flora in these isolated, dome-shaped rocky outcrops.

Synonymy

The genus Buiningia Buxb. has been brought into synonymy with this genus.